French satirical novels

' ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism''''' (1947). A young man, Candide, lives a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise, being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. This lifestyle is abruptly ended, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire

five novels by François Rabelais

Poetic novel of six cantos by Comte de Lautréamont

novel by Denis Diderot

novel by Gustave Flaubert

novel by Anatole France

1839 novel by Honoré de Balzac

'''''L'Ingénu ( , , ), sometimes subtitled The Sincere Huron''''' in English, is a satirical novella by the French philosopher Voltaire, published in 1767.

novel by Roland Topor

Clochemerle, published in the United States as The Scandals of Clochemerle, is a satirical novel by the French writer Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969) which was first published in 1934. It centres on local politics and personal rivalries in the fictional village of Clochemerle, inspired by Vaux-en-Beaujolais, in Beaujolais, in 1923 and satirises the conflict between clericalists and republicans under the French Third Republic. The story concerns a dispute over the local mayor's decision to build a pissoir (public urinals) adjacent the village church which escalates into a national political cris

novel by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

2015 novel by Boualem Sansal